Keep Calm and Rest Honey

So...sometimes I have something that I want to share, but it's short and sweet. I don't want to call it a full out blog because, really, it's a passing thought. So...I'll call this and all future passing thoughts like this, a "blogget". I am fully aware that I may have just made up a word.


Have you  ever had a pimple? Of course you have. I actually don't know if there is a human being who has never had a pimple. Gosh those suckers are annoying. I'm getting to a stage in my life where I'm starting to get more breakouts. The fact that this did not happen to me during what I consider the normal time (puberty) is even more frustrating. As annoyed as I can get, I usually don't mind that them THAT much if nothing special is happening (i.e I'm traveling or going to a special event) so I let them rock. However, if they pop up during a special time I don't have the time for it to "live out it's entire life cycle" before it goes away. I need it to go away now. No one has time for this. So I'm tempted to pick at it so it will go away quickly. I promise I'm going somewhere with this.

So I've done it, it was easy and now it's gone. I don't have to deal with it anymore. Whew, what a relief! But what happens when I do that? A scar is formed on my face and now won't go away because I didn't rest and let it be. Now I have a permanent scar to remind me of my impatientness.

How many times do with do this with God in our life? We get impatient with the seasons that we are in or the trials that we go through. We want out now. We want our blessing now and we can't wait because we're impatient. Fear grips us that we will never exit this storm, that we will remain single forever. And so what do we do? We take things into our own hands and rush the process. Sometimes we do get what we want initially. We settle and are no longer single. We've had a baby. We're no longer in that storm. But little do we know that what seems as a relief initially will eventually turn into a permanent scar. If we choose not to wait on the Lord we run the risk of making a bigger mess of things and leaving a permanent scar in our lives. A scar that we now have to live with an look at for the rest of our lives.

What are you tempted to rush out of right now? In what area of your life are you getting impatient? Stop rushing the process. Rest in Him

Psalm 24:17 Wait patiently for the LORD. Be brave and courageous. Yes, wait patiently for the LORD.

xo 

Tasha